Printing and registering machine.



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PRINTING AND REGISTERING MACHINE.

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PRINTING AND REGISTERING MACHINE.

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UNrTE STATES PATENT Genes.

WILFRED I. OHMER, JOSEPH N. KELLY, AND WALLACE M. KELCH, OF DAYTON,OHIO; SAID KELLY AND KELOI-I ASSIGNORS TO SAID OHMER.

PRINTING AND REGISTERING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 653,627, dated July 10,1905.

Application filed Aprll i, 1899. Serial No. 711,754. (No model.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, VVILFRED I. OHMER, JOSEPH N. KELLY, and WALLACE M.KELoH, citizens of the United States, residing at Day- 5 ton, in thecounty of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Printing and Registering Machines, of which thefollowingis a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inticket-printing and fare-registering machines.

This invention is designed as an improve-- ment over the invention forprinting and registering machines shown in the Patent No. 626,084, datedMay 30, 1899, issued to Wilfred 1. Ohm er and Wallace M. Kelch, and thepresent improvements relate to new constructions and arrangements ofcertain features of the above invention and to an entirely new andadditional feature not embodied in said former invention, such featureconsisting of mechanism for printing half-fare units, as

halfpenny, 650., English money.

This invention relates to details of construction and arrangementhereinafter appearing and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, on'which like reference charactersindicatecorresponding parts, Figure 1 is a detail perspective View of the outercasing for inclosing the operating parts of our invention; Fig. 2, aside elevation of ourinvention with the casing removed.

Fig. 3 shows a printed ticket. Fig. 4 is a rear elevation of ourimproved machine with the casing removed; Fig. 5, a plan view of thesame; Fig. 6, a sectional elevation on the line to a; of Fig. 2 lookingin the direction of the arrows; Fig. 7, a detail View, partly insection, of the time, operating, and printing mechanism; Fig. 8, adetail view of the printing-plate; Fig. 9, a sectional view on the liney y of Fig. 4 looking in the direction of the arrows; Fig. 9", a detailenlarged view of the A and P segment; Fig. 10, a' detail perspectiveview of the inside of the specific-fareindicating wheel, together withthe operating clutch mechanism therefor and also showing the manner inwhich such clutch mechanism is thrown into and out of engagement; Fig.

10, a detail view of the press, press-plate, and projecting step, thelatter for operating the lockin g mechanism forlocking the specificfare=indicating plate; Fig. 10", a detail longitudinal sectional viewthrough the sleeve 53 and sleeve 62; Fig. 11, a detail perspective Viewof the ticket-delivering roll and mech= anisin for operating the same;Fig. 12, a detail view of the specific-fare-indicating plate; Fig. 13, adetail horizontal sectional view of the dating rings or wheels; Fig. 14,a rear olevation of the outer casing; Fig. 15, a sectional Viewillustrating thev relation between the plunger 19, bracket 4, and plate17; Fig. 16, 65 a detail enlarged view of a portion of the registeringmechanism, one of said views showing a partial rear elevation and theother a sectional end elevation; Fig. 17, an enlarged detail view of thespring-pawls for engaging with the ratchet on their respectivemonth,tens, and units printing wheels and showing such wheels, together withthe springs for acting upon the p'awls; Fig. 18, a detail onlarged viewof the printing-plate and showing 7 5 the station-printing wheel inprinting position and its relation to such printing-plate; and Fig. 19,an enlarged detail view of the segments 140, 142, 143, and 144, togetherwith the parts operating in conjunction therewith.

In the patent above mentioned there was no means for printing half-faresand no means for indenting the surface of the ticket. That inventionalso had no means for'delivering certain lengths of tickets, so that nomatter whether the ticketroll was large or small the paper would stillbe fed smoothly and evenly regular distances, thereby permitting ofprinting advertisements on the under side of the ticket-strip beforesuch strip is rolled 0 up and placed in the machine; but with thismachine this is accomplished, and all the advertising-printing mechanismfor printing on the reverse side to that of the ticket is omit ted.Therefore while the general objects of 5 this invention are somewhatsimilar to those stated in Patent No. 626,084, dated May 30, 1899, stillthe general organization and various details of this invention differvery materially from what is shown in such patent.

Before describing in detail the various parts of our invention we willindicate some of its uses. This invention is particularly designed foruse by street-car and railway conductors, particularly where the fare ispaid upon the car and it is designed to give the passenger a receipt orissue a ticket for the fare paid, while at the same time the amount ofthe fare is registered, so that at the end of the day or run the totalamount of the fares received will be exhibited. The car-lines upon whichthis device is to be used are supposed to be divided up intostationsthat is, certain distances which may he traveled for a certainnumber of fare units, such as from a central point or station to station1 for two cents, and from station 1 to station 2 for four cents, fromstation 2 to station 3 for six cents, &c., the road being divided intoten stations. Of course it will be understood that the units paid totravel from one station to another may vary; but for each unit so paidthe fareregistering mechanism of the machine will be brought intooperation and a bell will be rung to indicatesuch unit. Thus if theconductor fails to register each unit in the fare from one station toanother the bell willnot be rung as often as it should and the ticket tobe printed will not indicate the correct fare paid, and consequently theconductors error is liable to be quickly detected. In some instancesthere may be but one fare for short and long distances traveled; but inthat case the ticket issued by the machine is good for traveling overthe entire line.

The letter A represents a suitable casing which is adapted toinclose theworking parts of our invention, as will hereinafter more fully appear.This casing is provided with openings B, C, D, E, F, and G therein.Within this casing is mounted a frame structure consisting of afrontplate H and a rear plate I, together with cross bars and plates J and K,respectively. Between these plates is mounted the operating mechanism ofour machine. We will first describe the time-printing'mechanism and themanner in which the same is operated.

Referring to Figs. 4, 5, and 7 particularly, the letter L represents aclock-casing inclosing suitable clock mechanism, on the main shaft ofwhich is carried a miter-pinion M, which meshes with a similar pinion N,carried by a driving-shaft O, the outer end of which is supported in abracket P, screwed or otherwise secured to the clock-casing,while theother end is mounted in a bearing in the upright bar Q. This inner endof said bar also carries a miter-gear R, which meshes witha similar gearS upon the shaft T,which we will term the minute-shaft, since itcarries'upon its outer end a minute-hand character, as shown at U. Thischaracter is adaptedto be rotated by the shaft Tat the correct speed toindicate minute. The bevel-gear V is also mounted upon the minute-shaftand is adapted to mesh with the driving-gear W, supported by a stud X,screwed into the bar C3. Another bevel-gear Y meshes with this drivengear Wand is connected with the shaft Z, which we term the hour-shaft,because it carries the hour-indicating character 2 at its lower end.This shaft is preferably bored out or made hollow to receive thehour-shaft, and the gears between it and said hour-shaft are such as togive the correct speed to the minute-shaft. These minute and hourcharacters extend through the hole or opening in a printing-plate 3,which is screwed or otherwise secured to the bar Q and also to thebracket 4, it being understood that the bracket projects downward from across-plate 5,which also acts to support the bar Q. A suitableclock-dial 6 is formed upon the plate 3, as illustrated in Fig. 8. Thedial characters are slightly raised, as also the charactersrepres'enting the hands of the clock, so that they will properly printupon the paperstrip, presently to be referred to. To one side of theclock-dial is also mounted upon the plate 3 the letter M, near one endof its sides, as shown at 7, while near the opposite side of the plateand also to one side of the dial is formed a slot 8, through whichappear the letters A and P, as indicated at 9, and either one or theother is brought into printing position, so as to indicate fore or afternoon in a manner presently to appear. A shaft 10 projects into the plate3 and extends up through the cross-plate 5 and carries at its upper enda pointer 11, which is adapted to be moved to point toward the letter Aor P, stamped on the outside of the casing A, as shown in Fig. 1. Asillustrated,- this pointer indicates that the letter A is in printingposition. Near the lower end of this shaft is secured a stud 12, whichengages with a slot 13 in the upper end of the A and P segment 14, thelatter being pivoted to the plate 15. The lower end or periphery of thissegment has the letters A and P formed thereon. When the pointer 11points to the P character on the casing, (see Fig. 1,) the stud comesinto contact with a hook 16, projecting outwardly from the bar Q. WVhenthe pointer is pointing toward the letter A, the stud 12 will strikeagainst the bar Q. Thus the shaft 10 is limited in its movement byreason of the stud or projection coming in contact with the hook or barabove mentioned, and when the stud is thrown to its extreme limit eitherway the character A or P will be thrown into printing position withinthe slot 8 inthe printing-plate 3. As illustrated, the letter A is insuch printing position,while on account of the curvature of the A and Psegment 14 the P character is out of printing position. Th us it will.be seen that with our printing mechanism we indicate not only hour andminute, but also whether forenoon or afternoon, and consequently theexact time when the ticket is issued is indicated on the ticket when thesame is brought into con-. tact with this time-printing mechanism, as

will hereinafter appear. It will also be observed that on the shaft 0 ismounted a knurled collar 0. This is for the purpose of setting the clockprinting mechanism and also for setting the clock, so that they willboth indicate the proper time, and is used particularly when the clockhas run down or when setting the clock. It will also be understood thatin some cases the clock may be dispensed with,wheu this time-printingmechanism may be set by hand by this chased nut; but we prefer, ofcourse, to employ the clock.

In order that a person may have access to the knurled collar 0 forsetting the clock, it will be understood that the back of the casing isprovided with a hinged door A, which is normally locked by any suitablelock. (See Fig. 14.)

We will now refer to the fare printing, indicating, and registeringmechanism, whereby the correct amount of fare is brought into printingposition on the fare-printing device and the fare units are registered,and a succession of such units are also brought into indicatingposition, according to the number of units indicated on the ticket foreach ticket issued by the machine, such indicating device being returnedto zero before another ticket is issued. We will term the indicatingdevice a specific-fare-indicating plate, and it will be understood fromthe above that it indicates the number of fare units paid by apassenger.

From Fig. 9 particularly it will be seen that a guide-plate 17 isscrewed or otherwise secured to the bracket 4 by means of'screws 18.Between the bracket and guide-plate is mounted a plunger 19, which isnormally held in its raised position by a spring 20, secured to thecross-plate 5 by means of a screw 5 or in any other suitable manner. Onthe lower end of this plunger is mounted a pivoted detent 21, which iscontrolled by a spring 22, one end of which is screwed or otherwisesecured thereto, as shown at 23, and which presses at its outer endagainst the plunger, it being understood that the plunger is notched, asshown at 24, to receive said detent and spring. This detent is adaptedto engage with a ratchet 25, carried by a units-fare-printing wheelwhich is mounted upon a stud-shaft 27, projecting from the bracket 4.Within the periphery of said printing-wheel is mounted a spring 28,which is secured at its outer end to the printing-wheel and at its innerend to the studshaft, as shown particularly in Fig. 9. This spring isfor the purpose of returning the printing wheel to normal position aftera ticket has been printed and when released by the pawl 29, which isaccomplished by means of a double bell-crank lever 30, hereinafterreferred to. At the same time that the pivoted detent 21 engages withthe ratchet 25 to operate it one unit the pawl 31, also pivoted to theplunger 19, engages with a ratchet 32, mounted upon a shaft 33 andformed on the face of the units-registerin g wheel 34,as clearly shownin Fig. 5. It will be observed that there are a succession ofunits-registering wheels,

as indicated at 35, 36, 37, and 38, respectively. The registering-wheel34 is of units order, while the registering-rings 35 to 38,respectively, are of the tens, hundreds, thousands, and ten-thousandsorder, so that they will register as high as 99,999, or by adding moreregistering-wheels the registering device may be made to register anyamount. On the inner side of the units-ring is formed a plate 39, whichis provided with a tooth, as shown at 40, adapted to engage one tooth ata time of a transferring gear-wheel 41, loosely mounted upon a shaft 42,which gear-wheel is wide enough to engage with a gear 43, projectingfrom the adjacent face of the tens-wheel.

Thus as the gear 41 is rotated one notch the tens-wheel will be rotatedone number, or from 0 to 1. In. the same manner each of the wheels ofhigher denominations is operated, it being understood that when suchwheel makes a complete revolution the tooth projecting from itsplatewill engage a tooth of a transferring-gear also mounted on the shaft 42,and which meshes with the next ring of higher denomination to cause itto rotate one notch. Each ring is numbered from O to 9, inclusive. Tothis registering mechanism per so I lay no claim. A spring-detent- 44,carried by the plate H, engages with the ratchet wheel 32 to prevent itsbackward movement, but which at the same time will permit the ratchet toreadily move forward. The stud 45 projects from the plunger 19 and haspivoted thereon adetent 46, which is normally held in position to engagea ratchetwheel 47 by means of a spring 48, wound around the stud 45 andbearing at its lower end against said detent. Thus as the plunger ispressed downward the ratchet-wheel 47 is rotated, and since it isrigidly connected with the shaft 49, projecting through a plate H andcarrying a specifio-fare-indicating' plate 50, such latter plate is alsorotated. It will be seen that on the face of thisspecific-fareindicating plate are arranged numbers from 0 to 9,inclusive, such numbers for the purpose of indicating the number of fareunits paid by each individual, the number of such units appearingthrough the opening E 1 in the casing. Between each of these numbers theperiphery of said plate is notched, as shown at 51. upon a sleeve 53, isadapted to engage with said notches to hold the specific-fare-indicatingplate from turning, and which must be moved out of engagement with saidplate before the plunger 19 will be permitted to de scend. The sleeve 53is rigidly mounted upon the rock-shaft 54 and is adapted to be partiallyrotated thereby. cured to said shaft and its outer end connected to thebell-crank lever 56 by means of a rod 57. This bell-crank lever ispivoted to a bracket 58, projecting inward from the front plate H. Alittle push-button 59 is connected with theupper arm of the bell-cranklever 56, and when the button is pressed upon the A detent 52, rigidlymounted Acrank 55 is also serock-shaft 54 will be rocked and the detent52 will be thrown out of engagement with the specific-fare indicator.The plunger 19 may then be depressed, so that not only the unitsprintingring and the registering mechanism, but also the specific-fare-indicatorplate may be operated. In order to prevent this indicator-plate fromrotating backward after the fare-unit has been indicated thereon, Iprovide a double detent 60, which is adapted to engage with the ratchet47 and is held in engagement. therewith by means of a spring 61. (SeeFigs. 6, 9, and 10 particularly.) Beneath the double detent 60 ismounted a sleeve 62 upon the rock-shaft 54. This sleeve is looselymounted upon said shaft and has lug 63, adapted to engage with a lug 64,projecting from the rigidly-mounted sleeve 53. The other end of thesleeve is reduced and fits in a bearing 65, projecting from a bracket66, in which the outer end of the shaft 54 is mounted. This reducedportion of the sleeve projects through the bracket a short distance andhas mounted upon it acrank 67. The lower end of the double detent 60rides upon a helical wedge 68,and when the sleeve is partially rotatedin one direction, in a manner hereinafter appearing, the detent 60 willbe thrown out of engagement with the ratchet 47,and consequently thespecific-fare-indicating plate may be returned by means of its spring tozero, so that zero will appear through the hole or opening E in thecover or casing- A, as shown in Fig. 1. In order that said sleeve may bepartially rotated in the 0pposite direction to permit the spring 61 todisengage the pawl 60 from the ratchet 47, we have connected the crank67 with the crank 69 by means of a rod 70. An extension 46 from thedetent 46 is adapted to come in contact with the crank 69 to cause it topivot upon its stud 71, which extends inward from the plate H.

We have now traced the operation of the fare-printing wheel, theregistering mechanism, and the specific-fare-indicating plate. We willnow refer to the half-units-printing device, such as for printinghalfpence, Eng- -lish money, or for printing other fare half units.

Upon the upper end of a rod 72 is mounted a thimble 73 for depressingthe rod 72. It will be observed that this rod is notched, as shown at74, and is mounted in studs 75 and 76, projecting from the bracket 4.The lower end of this shaft carries a slotted head 77, (see Fig. 9,)through which projects a screw 80, adapted to screw into the long arm 81of adouble bell-crank lever pivoted on a bracket 82, projecting upwardfrom the plate 15. The short arm of this bell-crank lever, as shown at83, carries at its lower end half-unit characters-in this instance, %dasindicated upon the printed ticket in Fig. 3. As

When this rod was pressed down, the half-unit characters were throwninto printing position through the slot 85 in the printing-plate 3,which is sufficiently elongated for that purpose, it being understoodthat the units-printing wheel or device also projects through said slotinto printing position. The spring-detent 84 is released from the notch74 by means of an arm 86, which engages with a pin 87, projecting fromthe detent 84. This arm is carried by the pivoted lever 29, and whensaid lever is operated by the double bell-crank lever 30 to disengagefrom the fare-printing-ring ratchet the detent 84 will also bedisengaged from the notch 74. This will permit the spring 88, secured atone end to the slotted enlargement on the lower end of the halfpenny-rodand to the lug 89, projecting from the stud 75, to instantly return thehalfpenny-rod to its normally-raised position, thereby rocking thedouble bell-crank lever upon its pivot 82 and withdrawing thehalfpenny-printing characters from printing position.

We will now refer to the dating and stationpriuting mechanism.

By referring to Figs. 2, 4, 5, and 13 it will be observed that upon theshaft 90, having a bearing at one end in the plate H and in the bracket91, is mounted a sleeve 92, carrying a dating-ring 93, from one face ofwhich projects a ratchet 94. The sleeve 92 extends through thebracket-bearing and has mounted upon its end a turn-plate 95. (See Figs.4, 5, and 13.) Upon this sleeve is mounted a tensdating ring 96, whichalso has a sleeve 96 proj ecting through the bracket-bearing andcarrying at its outer end a knurled turn-plate 97. It will be observedthat this tens-ring has asuccession of numbers from 1 to 3, inclusive,as also a dash between the succession of numbers, such dash and numbersbein'g shown at 98. (See particularly Fig. 2.) The plate 97 is numberedon its exposed face to correspond with the succession of numbers on thetens-wheel 96. By turning this plate the proper number on the tens-wheelis brought into printing position at the end of printing-plate 3, asalso the month-wheel, above described, when the plate 95 is rotated. Theunits-ring 99 is mounted on the sleeve of the tens-ring, adjacentthereto, and also has a sleeve 100 projecting through the bracket 91,and carries at its outer end a knurled turnplate 101, which is alsonumbered on its frontface to correspond with the numbers on theperiphery of the units-ring, as illustrated in Fig. 4 at 102. Thisunits-ring also carries a ratchet 103. Upon a cross-bar 104 is mountedthree pawls 105, which project downward and inwardly sufficiently toengage with the respective ratchets 94, 106, and 103, carried by themonth-printing wheel, the tens-printing wheel, and the units-printingwheel, respectively. These pawls prevent these various wheels frommoving backward, but permit them to be moved forward as much as desired.Springs 104, secured to a cross-bar105, press IIO upon the respectivepawls to hold such pawls in place. A driving-gear 107, formed on theface of the station-printing wheel 108,is mount ed on the sleeve 100.This station-printing wheel is adapted to project slightly below theprinting-plate adjacent to the projection 109 extending therefrom, suchprojection bearing the letters STA, which are an abbreviation of theword station. In order to set this station-printing wheel, agear-wheelllO, mounted upon the shaft 111, meshes with the stationgear-wheel 107. ries a miter-pinion 112, which meshes with amiter-pinion 113,carried by astation set-shaft 114, upon the upper endof which is mounted an indicatonhead 115, which carries a pointer 116,having a lug 117, adapted to engage with notches 118, formed in asemicircular flange 119, mounted on the upper edge of the casing A, asclearly seen in Fig. 1. It will be observed that around upon thissemicircular flange is arranged numbers ranging as high as 9, as shownat 120. WVhen the pointer 116 is turned to indicate the station to whichthe traveler indicates that he is going, the gear 110 will cause thestation-printing wheel to rotate to present the proper station-numberinto printing position at the end of the plate 3, above referred to.

We have now seen how the months, day of the month, and station printingmechanism are operated to present the proper printing characters intoprinting position. now describe the manner in which the timeindicatingcharacters, individual-fare-indieating characters, and dating andstation characters are inked, so that they may properly be impressedupon the strip of paper through the instrumentality of suitable pressmechanism; but before entering this branch of the subject it will beobserved that the plate may carry other printed matter preferably placedbetween the fare-indicatin g wheel and the dating and station indicatingwheel, such as shown at 121. I In this instance the words exhibited areLondon General 0mnibus 00., Ltd, but any other words may be substituted.From the bracket4 extend lugs 122. (See Fig. 4.) In these lugs iscarried a shaft 123, upon which is mounted a pivoted inking-roll frame124. To the lower end of the frame is pivotally connected asemicylindrical inking-roll holder 125, as shown at 126. In thisinking-roll holder is rotatably mounted the inking-roll127, which iscomposed of felt or other suitable ink-absorbing material mounted uponthe shaft 128. To this inking-roll holder is connected one end of aspring 129 by a stud 130 or in any other suitable manner. The other endof the spring is connected to the stud 131, projecting from theinking-roll frame 124. This inking-roll is adapted to run upon theprinting-plate 3,

which is curved at its rear end,as shown at 132 in Figs. 4 and 7. Fromthe inking-roll frame 124 projects an arm 133, to which is pivotallyconnected a link 134, which extends to This shaft car We will Qlt nearthe lower portion of the machine and engages wit-h a crank-segment 135,supported in a bracket 136, secured to the front plate H. In one arm ofthis bracket, as shown at 137, is supported one end of a shaft 138,while the other end is carried by the rear plate of the casing I. Atoothed segment 139 is adapted to mesh with the crank-segment 135 and ismounted upon the inner end of the shaft 138. Another segment 140 is alsomounted upon the shaft 138. In order to operate the segment 140, it willbe observed that upon the main driving or operating shaft 141 aremounted three toothed segments 142, 143, and 144, respectively. When themain driving-shaft is operated by means of the hand-lever 145 in amanner hereinafter appearing, the toothed segment 139 will cause thecrank-segment 135 to pull down upon the pitman or connected rod 134, andthereby cause the inking-roll to travel across the face of theprinting-plate, which will ink the printing characters. One movement ofthe hand-lever from its forwardpositlon, as

illustrated by full lines in Fig. 6, to its ver tical position, as alsoindicated by dotted lines in Fig. 6, will cause said inking-roll totravel to its forward limit across said printing-plate, while when thelever is returned.

from the dotted position (illustrated in Fig. 4) to the full-lineposition the inking-roll will be withdrawn from the face of theprintingplate against the curved end 132 of the plate.

In this position the inking-roll will be out of the path of theprinting-plunger, which acts to press the ticket into printing contactwith the printingplate, as will hereinafter beseen.

We will now describe the manner in which the ticket strip or roll ofpaper is held andconveyed from the machine. 7

It will be observed from Fig. 4, particularly,

that upon the plate H is mounted a'paperroll receptacle 146, which has aslot in its rim, as shown at 147. The end of the paper from thepaper-roll 148 is slipped through this slot and is passed beneath theprintingplate 3 and between the feed and delivering rolls 149 and 150,respectively, hereinafter more particularly referred to. The hand-lever145 is then taken hold of and thrown forward. This causes thesegment'143, which engages with the toothed press plunger-rod151,slidably mounted in abearing 152, formed integral with and dependingfrom the crossplate 153, to be raised. The inner end of the maindriving-shaft 141 is also supported by said bracket-bearing 152, whichis bifurcated and has mounted between said bifurcations, upon the maindriving-shaft, the segmentgear 143, above referred to. Thus as the maindriving-shaft is rocked the press-plunger is raised or lowered. On theupper end of this press-plunger is carried a press, consisting of aflanged plate 154, in which is placed an elastic cushion 155 to pressthe paper strip 156, above referred to, into contact bell-cranklever ispivoted a detent 160, whichis normally held in position by a spring 161to engage with a ratchet 162, supported bya shaft 163, mounted inbrackets 164. This ratchet forms a portion of theunits-ticket-registering mechanism for registering the number of ticketsissued, by the machine. As the printing -.plunger is raised, in themanner above described, the bell-crank lever 158 will rock, so that thedetent 160 may engage said ratchet 162 and will rotate said ratchet onenotch, thus indicating l on the periphery of the firstticket-registering wheel, it being understood that its periphery carriesnumbers from O to 9, inclusive, as particularly illustrated in Figs. 5and 6. When this first wheel has made a complete revolution, a notch 165in the plate 166, projecting from the units-registering wheel 167, willbe engaged by a tooth of a traveling gear 168, loosely mounted upon theshaft 169, also mounted in brackets 164, and will rotate such gear onenotch, and since it is engaged with a gear 170, projecting from thetens-ticketregistering wheel 171, it, too, will rotate one not-ch andwill consequently exhibit the number l on its periphery, it beingunderstood that such periphery is also provided with figures from O to9, inclusive, as shown at 172. In this same manner when thetens-ticket-registering ring has made a complete revolution its countwill be transferred to the next adjacent registering-wheel, and so on ashigh as desired. To this registering mechanism per so we lay no claim.as it is old and well known to those skilled in such art.

We shall now refer to the feeding and delivering roll for drawing thepaper strip from the paper-receptacle and for delivering the samethrough the slot G in the casing A.

The toothed segment 145, carried by the main driving-shaft, as abovereferred to, engages with the gear 173, mounted upon a shaft 174,carried by the plates H and I. A feeding and delivering drum 149, abovereferred to, is loosely mounted upon said shaft 174. This drum carries adetent 175, which is held normally against the shaft 174 by means of aspring 176. Alug 177 projects from the hub or sleeve forming a portionof the gear 173 and is adapted to be engaged by the lug 175, whereby thefeeding and delivering drum 149 is rotated. This drum, however, can onlyrotate in one direction by the lug engaging with the projection 177, forthe reason that when the shaft 174 is rotated in the opposite directionthe detent will ride over the lug without causing the feeding anddelivering rolls to rotate. This is of great practical importance, asthe roll will not act to feed the paper at such times. In order toprevent this roll from rotating when the operating-lever is in itsnormal position, We provide the lug 178, which projects from the end ofthe roll and is adapted to come in contact with a flange 179, projectingfrom the inner face of the toothed segment 145 for this purpose. Thisflange is best shown in Fig. 6, and has only sufiicient length to stopthe feeding and delivering rolls when the operating-lever is in itsnormal position; but when such operating-lever is moved away from itsnormal position the cam 179 is rotated out of the path of the stud 178,and consequently will permit the roller to revolve. The opposite end ofthe feeding and delivering roll also carries a stud 180. This stud isadapted to engage with the bell-crank lever 30 in order that the detent29 may be released from the fare-printing wheel 26 and the detent 84from engagement with the notch 74 in the rod 72.

.In this manner the half-units-fare-indicating printing mechanism isreleased from printing position, and the units-fare-printing wheel isrotated back to zero after printing every ticket. It will be observedthat a short distance above the feeding and delivering roll is mountedanother shaft 181. This shaft carries a roll 150, which is covered withshort.

therein,as the teeth on the feed-roll frequently.

slightly pierce the paper. Th us it will be understood that thesefeeding and delivering rolls not only perform the function of positivelyand accurately feeding and delivering the ticket, but they so act on theticket that it may readily be severed from the rest of the ticket-strip.It has been found in actual practice that these rolls work so perfectlyin conjunction with each other and feed the ticket-strip so regularlyand evenly that the printed matter arranged on the under side of theticket-strip will always come exactly beneath the ticket being printed.In the patent heretofore referred to it was necessary to employ printingmechanism for printing upon the under side of the ticket-strip at thesame time the ticket was being printed; but all this we have overcomeand have simplified the machine at least to that extent, as the printingmay be done on an ordinary printing-machine before the ticket-roll isplaced within its receiver.

It will be observed that beneath the ticketroll receiver is mounted abell, as shown at 183, by dotted lines in Fig. 4. A bell-crank lever ispivoted upon a screw 185, screwed into the base-plate H. Thebell-striker is held normally in engagement with the bell by means of aspring 186, secured thereto, as shown at 187, as also to the plate H, asshown at 188. The upper end of said lever carries a stud 189, which isadapted to be engaged by a pivoted trip 190, pivoted upon a doublebell-crank lever 191, as shown at 192. To the upper end of this pivotedtrip is connected a spring 193. This spring is also connected with thedouble bell-crank lever 1 91, as shown at 194. This double bell-cranklever is piv-, oted upon the stud 71, and its upper end is bifurcated tofit over the stud 45, carried by the plunger 19. Thus as the plunger isdepressed to register a fare unit this double bell-crank lever will beoperated to cause the trip above described to rock the bell-strikerlever, so that the bell will always be rung when a unit is registered.

We will now refer to the means for causing the shaft 54 to be rocked sothat the detent 52 will engage with the specific-fare-indicating plateto prevent such plate from rotating until just before another fare is tobe registered.

It will be observed that from the side of the press printing-plate 154,adjacent to the plate H, projects a step 195. (See Figs. 9 and 10.) Whenthe printing-plunger is operated, this step comes in contact with thescrew 196, projecting from the sleeve 53, and by this means throws thedetent 52 into engagement with the plate 50. This causes the lug 64 onsaid sleeve to engage with the lug 63 on the sleeve 62, thus partiallyrotating said sleeve, which will cause the helical wedge to disengagethe pivoted pawl from the ratchet-wheel 47. As heretofore referred to,before the specificfare-indicating wheel can be returned to zero therock-shaft 53 must have been partially rocked to disengage the detent 52from the notches 51. This is accomplished by means of a push-button 59,which operates the bellcrank lever 56. This bell-crank lever isconnected with the crank 55, thereby rocking the shaft 54, as heretoforedescribed. When the plunger 19 is pushed down, the upper arm 46' of thepivoted detent 46 engages with the crank 69 and presses downwardthereon. This downward movement of said crank is transmitted to thecrank 67, which is rigidly mounted on the upper end of the sleeve 62 andwill be partially rotated, as also said sleeve. In this manner thehelical wedge is so far turned about the shaft 54 as to readily permitthe spring 61 to cause the pivoted detent 60 to engage with the ratchet47, whereby the specific-fare-indicating wheel will be prevented fromturning backward, but must make a forward movement each time the plungeris operated, so that at each operation of said plunger aunit of higherdenomination will be brought into View through the opening E in thecasing A, as heretofore described.

Referring again to the specific-fare-indicating plate 50, it will beunderstood that such plate moves from one unit to the next unit eachtime the operating-plunger is operated, so that should a person wish totravel a certain distance requiring him to pay three fareunits, such asthree pennies, English money, the operating-plunger would be operatedthree times and the specific-fare-indicating plate would move from 0 to3, so that 3 would appear in the opening in the casing.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a ticket-printing and fare-registering machine, the combinationwith a suitable frame, of time-printing mechanism carried thereby,printing mechanism, for printing units and half-units, also carriedthereby, means for indicating the time and specific fares, means forpressing a ticket strip or roll into contact with said mechanisms, andmeans for engaging with said ticket-strip to feed said strip beneathsaid printing mechanisms and'deliver the same from said frame, allsubstantially as shown and described.

2. In a ticket-printing and fare-registering machine, the combinationwith a suitable frame, of time-printing mechanism, printing mechanismfor printing units and halfunits, and datingmechanism mounted in saidframe, clock mechanism for operating said time-printing mechanism, meansfor registering the fare, and mechanism for registering the number oftickets issued by said machine, means for feeding a ticket-strip to saidprintingmechanisms anddelivering the same there from, and mechanism forpressing a ticket" strip into engagement with said printing mechanismsas it is fed beneath them, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a ticket-printing and fare-registering machine, the combinationwith a frame, of clock operated time printing mechanism, printingmechanism for printing both units and half-u nits, dating mechanism forprinting the day of the month, mechanisms for registering the fare unitsand mechanism for registering the tickets issued, means for feeding aticket-strip to said printing mechanism and delivering the sametherefrom after being printed, and mechanism for pressing said paperstrip into contact with said printing mechanisms, all substantially asshown and described.

4. In a ticket-printing and fare-registering machine, the combinationwith a frame, of time-printing mechanism mounted therein, fare-printingmechanism also mounted in said frame to print fare units and half-units,

dating-printing mechanism for printing the month and the day of themonth, also carried by said frame, clock mechanism for operating saidtime-printing mechanism, a plunger and a half-fare operating-rod adaptedto operate said fare mechanism, means for registering the units of saidfare mechanism, indicating means for indicating each specific fare,means for presenting a ticket roll or strip into printing position anddelivering the same therefrom, mechanism for pressing said paper stripinto printing contact with said printing mechanisms, all substantiallyas shown and described.

5. In a ticket-printing and fare-registering machine, the combinationwith a frame, of time-printing mechanism consisting of a minute-shaft,(as T) an hour-shaft (as Z) mounted on said minute-shaft, a pair ofbevel-gears carried by said minute-shaft, (as S and V) a bevel-gear (asY) carried by said hour-shaft, a double bevelgear (as W) rotatably mounted adjacent to said shafts and having one of its gears larger than theother, said larger gear engaging with one of the bevel-gears V on saidmin ute-shaft and said smaller bevel-gear engaging with the bevel-gear Yon said hourshaft, time-operated means (as'O) for engaging with anddriving the second bevel-gear S on the minute-shaft, whereby all of saidbevelgears are rotated, and printing characters for indicating the hoursand minutes carried by the hour and minute shafts respectively.

6. In aticket-printing and fare-registering machine, the combinationwith a frame, of fare-printing mechanism carried thereby, a plunger alsocarried thereby, a detent carried by said plunger and adapted to operatethe units-fare-printing mechanism, and a pushrod adapted to presenthalf-fare units, printing position-registering mechanism also 0peratedby said plunger and adapted to register the fare units, allsubstantially as shown and described.

7. In a ticket-printing and fare-registering machine, the combinationwith a frame, having a plunger mounted therein, a detent carried by saidplunger and for engaging with a fare-printing wheel to rotate it topresent the proper fare units into printing position, a pair of otherdetents also connected with said plunger, a specific-fare-indicatorplate operated by one of said detents and fare-registering mechanismadapted to be engaged by the other of said detents, whereby each fare ispresented into printing position, and such fare is indicated andregistered, all substantially as shown and described.

8. In a ticket-printing and fare-registering machine, the combinationwith a frame having a fare-indicating wheel mounted therein, ahalf-fare-printing device also mounted therein, said half -fareprintingdevice consisting of a pivoted double bell-crank lever having half-farecharacters mounted thereon, a push-rod pivotally connected with theother end of said lever, a detent adapted to engage machine, thecombination with a frame, of a specific-fare-printing device carriedthereby, a half-unit-printing device also carried thereby, means foroperating each of said devices for presenting their respectivecharacters into printing position, detents for engaging with each ofsaid devices for holding them in position, and a bell-crank leveradapted to release each of said pawls from engagement with itsrespective device, and means to operate said bell-crank lever every timea ticket is issued, and other means for returning saidspecific-fare-printing device to its normal or zero position, and othermeans for returning said half-fare-printing device out of printingposition.

10. In a ticket-printing and fare-registering machine, the combinationwith a frame,- of a plunger carried thereby, a pawl pivotally connectedwith said plunger, a specific-fareindicating plate carrying a spring anda ratchet, said spring being connected at'one end with saidindicating-plate and at its other end with said ratchet, the latter ofwhich is adapted to be operated by said pawl, a double pawl carried bysaid frame, one end of which is also adapted to engage with said ratchetto act as a stop therefor when the first of said pawls is releasedtherefrom and the other end of said pivoted pawl adapted to engage witha helical wedge, a rocking shaft, a sleeve carried by said shaft, saidsleeve carrying said wedge, means for rocking said sleeve and wedge todisengage said holding-pawl from said ratchet, and other means forcausing said double pawl to engage with said ratchet when said helicalwedge is moved sufficiently to permit of such engagement, allsubstantially as shown and described.

11. In a ticket-printing and fare-registering machine, the combinationwith a frame, of a specific-fare-indicating plate carried thereby andhaving notches on its periphery, a rock-shaft also carried by said framestructure, a rigidly-mounted detent thereon adapted to engage in thenotches in said plate and having a lug extending therefrom, a sleevehaving a helical wedge thereon and a lug extending therefrom alsomounted on said rockshaft, said lugs adapted to engage with each other,a pivoted lever also carried by said frame structure and adapted toengage at one end with said helical wedge and at its other end with aratchet, a spring interposed between said ratchet and said specificindicatingplate, means for intermittently rotating said plate toindicate the fare units and other means for rocking said shaft wherebythe helical wedge will disengage said lever from said ratchet-wheel, anda spring for normally returning said lever into engagement with saidratchet-wheel when the helical wedge will permit, all substantially asshown and described.

12. In a ticket-printing and fare-register ing machine, the combinationwith a frame, of a fare-printing device carried thereby, a

ratchet-wheel and a stop projecting from said device, a plunger alsocarried by said frame adapted to connect with said ratchet and operateit, fare-registering mechanism, and specific-fare-indicating mechanism,both of which are operated by said plunger, a stud carried by a bracketmounted in the path of the projection from the fare-printing device andadapted to limit the rotation of said fareprinting wheel in bothdirections and also adapted to limit the movement of the plunger wherebythe specific-fare-indicating device and fare-registering device allremain inoperative, until after the machine is again operated, allsubstantially as shown and described.

13. In a ticket-printing and fare-registering machine, the combinationwith a frame, of a specific-fare indicating plate having notchestherein, a plunger adapted to connect with said plate to operate thesame, a rockshaft mounted in said frame and a detent secured thereto, areciprocating platen, a step carried by said platen, operating means toreciprocate said platen whereby said step will cause said detent toengage with one of the notches in said indicating-plate,substan tiallyas shown and described.

14:. In a ticket-printing and fare-registering machine, the combinationwith a frame, of a main driving-shaft therein, a toothed segment mountedon said shaft, a bracket carried by said frame in which is mounted anotched press-plunger rod, said plunger-rod adapted to engage with saidtoothed segment whereby the press-rod is reciprocated, all substantiallyas shown and described.

15. In a ticket-printing and fare-registering machine, the combinationwith a frame, of a main reciprocating driving-shaft, a pair of toothedsegments rigidly mounted thereon, a bracket carried by said frame, anotched press-bar mounted in said bracket and adapted to engage with oneof said toothed segments to be reciprocated thereby, an inkingroll framepivotally mounted in saidframe structure, a pitman connected at one endwith said inking-roll frame and at its other end with a crank toothedsegment, a shaft also mounted in said frame and carrying a pair oftoothed segments thereon one of which meshes with said crank toothedsegment and the other of which meshes with the second toothed segment onthe main reciprocating shaft and an inking-roll carried by saidinking-roll frame and adapted to ink printing mechanism also mounted insaid frame structure, all substantially as shown and de scribed.

16. In a ticket-printing and fare-registering machine, the combinationwith a frame, of a main reciprocating driving-shaft mounted therein,three toothed segments carried thereby, a feed and delivering roll shaftengaging with one of said segments, a press-plunger engaging withanother of said segments and an inking-roll mechanism engaging with theremaining segment, a double bell-crank lever pivoted in said frame, oneend of which engages with said press-plunger and the other end of whichcarries a pivoted detent, ticketregistering mechanism carried by saidframe and adapted to be engaged by said pivoted detent, and a hand-leverfor rocking said main driving-shaft, thereby rotating said feed anddelivery roll, operating said printing-roll and reciprocating saidpress-plunger and through it operating the ticket-registering device,all substantially as shown and described.

17. In a ticket-printing and fare-registering machine, the combinationwith a frame, of a main driving rock-shaft mounted thereon, a toothedsegment rigidly connected with said shaft, a :feed and delivery rollshaft mounted in said frame, a pinion loosely mounted on said shaft asalso a feed and delivery roll, said pinion meshing with said toothedsegment, a pawl pivotally connected with said feed and delivery roll, aprojection extending from said pinion and adapted to engage with saidpawl to drive the feed and delivery roll in one direction and passbeneath said pawl when being rotated in the opposite direction, a springto normally hold said pawl upon said feed-roll and delivery-shaft, astud or projection extending from the opposite end of said feed-roll anddelivery-shaft, a double bellcrank lever pivoted to said frame structureand adapted to be rocked by said stud or projection, a pair of detents,one of which engages with a half-fare-printing device and the other ofwhich engages with a fare-printing device, adapted to be disconnectedfrom said device by said bell-crank lever, and a toothed feed anddelivery roll adapted to work in conjunction with the first feed anddelivery roll, substantially as shown and described.

18. In a ticket-printing and fare-registering machine, the combinationwith a frame, of

printing mechanism and time driving mechanism therefor mounted therein,fare-printing mechanism embodying a half-unit-fareprinting device, andmeans for operating said printing mechanism, other means for indicatingthe specific-fare units and other means for registering said units,dating mechanism also mounted therein, inking mechanism for inking saidcharacters, a ticket strip or roll receptacle mounted therein andcarrying a ticket strip or roll, a pair of feed and delivery rolls, oneof which has an elastic surface and the other of which has a toothedsurface adapted to engage said ticket strip or roll and feed the samebeneath said printing mechanisms, a driving rock-shaft, a hand-leversecured thereto by which said shaft is reciprocated, and toothedsegments carried by said rockshaft and so connected with the feed anddelivery rolls that it will rotate them in one di rection and a platenalso operated by one of said segments and adapted to press saidticketstrip into contact with said printing mechanisms, aninking-rollalso connected with still another of said toothed segments onsaid main ITO rock-shaft and adapted to operate'said printingmechanisms, and a station indicating printing-roll, all substantially asshown and described.

19. Ina ticket-printing and fare-registering machine, the combinationWith a casing, of a frame structure mounted therein carryingtime-printing, specific-fare printing, datingprinting,station-printingand half-fare-pri nting mechanisms therein, means for operating saidtime-printing, said specific-fare-printing,

fare-printing characters mounted on one arm of said lever, a push-rodslidably mounted in said frame, means for connecting said pushrod withthe other arm of said double bellcrank lever whereby there may berelative movement between, them to compensate for the rocking andreciprocating movements of said lever and push-rod, respectively, adetent for holding said printing characters in printing position, andmeans for releasing said detent, and a spring for normally raising saidpush-rod and Withdrawing said half-fareprinting characters from printingposition, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof We affix our signatures in presence of twoWitnesses.

vVILFRED I. OHMER. JOSEPH N. KELLY. WVALLAGE M. KELOH.

WVitnesses:

JOSEPH LEITSOHER, CHARLES W. ELLIFF.

